April 28, 2009
University Center for the Arts
1400 Remington Street
Fort Collins, CO 80524
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Thank you to all our patrons who enjoyed music, theatre, and dance performances this past weekend. We had many sell-out performances and enjoyed having you at the UCA!
Our spring semester performance season is almost over. This week and next you can enjoy several FREE Concerts at the University Center for the Arts including a rousing Band & Orchestra Concert on Wednesday night, a lovely Thursday afternoon with the Amani String Quartet, and a special Opera Theatre presentation next week of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music.
We wrap up the large ensemble performances for the semester with the Wind Ensemble and their "Let's Dance!" Sunday afternoon matinee.
This e-newsletter also highlights the upcoming Senior Dance Showcase, a special New Orleans cleanup project supported by the University Art Museum, and the tremendous national awards garnered by our theatre students.
Enjoy reading all about it, and be sure to meet us at the UCA before it's suddenly Summer!
Sincerely,
Marketing and Publicity Director, School of the Arts |
| FREE STRING QUARTET CONCERT |
 CSU's Graduate String Quartet, the Amani String Quartet, Present a FREE Concert. Enjoy an afternoon of best-loved quartet repertoire including Haydn's String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2, Smetana's String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor "From My Life", and Webern's Five Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 5. CSU's Graduate String Quartet and program are made possible by a donation from ART342.org.
Enjoy a feature story about the Amani String Quartet - click here.
When & Where
Thursday, April 30, 3:00 p.m., Organ Recital Hall, UCA - FREE
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LET'S DANCE! BAND CONCERT |
 A Pastiche of Contemporary Wind Band Music. Under the direction of Miller Asbill, the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band present music with origins in dance, including Renaissance dances, a polka, Mozart minuets, funk, Cajun dances, Jewish wedding music and music from the Icelandic-born pop singer Bjork. READ MORE, DOWNLOAD A POSTER
When & Where Sunday, May 3, 2:00 p.m., Griffin Concert Hall, UCA, $5/CSU students, $5/youth (6 - 17), $10/public - BUY TICKETS
Official Hotel Sponsor of the 08-09 Season |
| SPRING SENIOR DANCE SHOWCASE |
 The CSU Dance Program Presents The Annual Spring Senior Dance Showcase, Levels of Perception, highlighting the choreographic and performance talents of Colorado State University Dance majors Mallory Buffer, Karleen Hughes and Mary Wilson.
The dance majors invite audiences to experience their own perception of dance during this collaborative event involving a number of dancers, designers, and technicians, creating an outstanding and original dance showcase. As a graduation requirement, they each choreographed a group piece and a solo performance. The presentation represents the training and education these dancers have received at Colorado State.
Friday, May 8, 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, may 9, 2:00 and 8:00 p.m., University Dance Theatre, UCA. $8/CSU students, $8/youth (ages 6 - 17), $11/public. BUY TICKETS
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| FREE PRESENTATION of SONDHEIM'S "A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC" |
 CSU Opera Theatre gives a FREE presentation of Stephen Sondheim's Broadway Musical A Little Night Music. The 1973 Tony Award-Winner for Best Musical features the classic Send in the Clowns. Based on the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, the intricate, romantic tale is set almost entirely in waltz time. DOWNLOAD A POSTER
Wednesday, May 6, and Thursday, May 7, 5:00 p.m., Organ Recital Hall, University Center for the Arts. FREE
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| ART MUSEUM SUPPORTS NEW ORLEANS CLEAN UP PROJECT |
 On Friday, April 3, the opening of the new University Art Museum was marked by a lecture from visiting artist Mel Chin. Chin, an artist and activist, spoke about his new project called OPERATION PAYDIRT/FUNDRED which supports implementing a solution to lead-related health issues challenging post-disaster New Orleans.
The FUNDRED Website states that "The FUNDRED DOLLAR BILL PROJECT is an innovative artwork made of millions of drawings. This creative collective action is intended to support OPERATION PAYDIRT, an extraordinary art/science project uniting three million children with educators, scientists, health care professionals, designers, urban planners, engineers and artists. Together they are working to make safe the lead polluted soil of New Orleans....Once FUNDRED reaches its goal of 3 million artworks, a specially retrofitted armored truck, running on straight vegetable oil, will be deployed across the nation to pick up the 7,000 lbs. of FUNDRED DOLLAR drawings. FUNDRED guards driving the armored truck will deliver the art currency to Washington D.C., where we will request from Congress an "even exchange" of 300,000,000 FUNDRED DOLLARS for $300,000,000 in funds and services to support the implementation of OPERATION PAYDIRT'S solution to lead-related health and quality-of-life issues still challenging post-disaster New Orleans."
We encourage the Fort Collins community to take part in this project and assist Rocky Mountain High School which is taking a central role as a pick-up site for the FUNDRED truck.
With a push to increase community participation through the fall, come to the University Art Museum, located in the University Center for the Arts on Remington Street. The museum will provide FUNDRED templates and deliver your art work and your voices to the high school.
The University Art Museum is open from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. All programs and exhibitions are free.
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| CSU THEATRE PROGRAM STUDENTS WIN NATIONAL AWARDS |
 Erin Fried ('09) and Sean Cummings ('11) won two of only seven national acting awards at the annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in Washington, DC on April 18, 2009.
Fried, who won "Best Actor" in the Irene Ryan Acting Competition at the KCACTF regional competition in February, was awarded a $5,000 scholarship and a year-long apprenticeship to the Actor's Theatre of Louisville.
Cummings, who participated as Fried's dialogue partner, won a summer apprenticeship with The Orchard Project at the Catskill Mountain Foundation.
According to the website, "Started in 1969 by Roger L. Stevens, the Kennedy Center's founding chairman, the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide which has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of college theater in the United States."
Image: Erin Fried; Walt Jones, CSU Theatre Program Director; Sean Cummings; Eric Prince, CSU Theatre Professor. | |
| TRIVIA CONTEST - TICKETS & RESTAURANT GIFT CERTIFICATE |
 Question: What was the goal in the piece selection by Dr. Miller Asbill, the Associate Director of Bands, for the "Let's Dance!" band concert on Sunday, May 3.
Send your answer to jennifer.clary@colostate.edu by noon on Thursday, April 30 and you'll be entered to win 2 free tickets to the "Let's Dance!" band concert on Sunday, May 3, plus a $5 gift certificate from Mugs Coffee Lounge. |
| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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May 6: "A Little Night Music", by Stephen Sondheim - FREE
May 7: "A Little Night Music", by Stephen Sondheim - FREE
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